Paddington Bear

• One blue kids outfit
• One red hat
• Rain boots
• Cardboard cereal boxes or shoe boxes (2)
• Paper bag (1)
• Neutral colored yarn (about 3 feet)
• Wooden toggle beads or 2 inch pieces of dowel rod (3)
• Marmalade sandwich (optional)

Tools 

• Black permanent marker
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun

For Paddington's "duffle coat":

• Cut six half-circle shapes out of cardboard and hot glue three on either side of the zipper. Cut six 4 inch pieces of yarn.
• With 3 of them, fold them in half, and glue the ends together in the center of each half-circle along the left side of the zipper. With the other 3 pieces of yarn, loop the middle of the yarn pieces through or around the wooden toggle bead or dowel rod pieces.
• Glue the ends of the string together in the center of each half-circle on the right side of the zipper.
• The bead can be strung across the zipper and looped through the opposite yarn loop.

For Paddington's tag:

• Cut a six-sided "tag" shape out of the cardboard and write "Please look after this bear" on it with permanent marker.
• Cut or punch a hole and thread string through it. Attach it to costume or "suitcase" as desired.

For Paddington's suitcase:

• Cut a paper bag open and turn it inside out. Wrap the paper around the cereal box as if it were a present, with only the plain brown side exposed.
• Cut a strip from the other cereal box cardboard and hot glue it on the top to make a handle.
• Use permanent marker to add details to the suitcase with phrases like, "P.B" and "Wanted on Voyage".
• Optional: cut a slit in the back of the suitcase large enough to fit candy for trick-or-treating!